Bürresheim Castle

Bürresheim Castle
Bürresheim Castle
	Bürresheim Castle
	Bürresheim Castle Location of Bürresheim Castle within Rhineland-Palatinate Bürresheim Castle Bürresheim Castle (Germany)
General information
Type	hill castle
Architectural style	Romanesque, Baroque
Location	Sankt Johann, Mayen-Koblenz
Town or city	D-56727 Mayen-Sankt Johann
Country	Germany
Coordinates	50°21′10.5″N 7°10′46.95″E / 50.352917°N 7.1797083°E
Elevation	280 m (919 ft)
Construction started	prior to 1157

Bürresheim Castle (German: Schloss Bürresheim) is a medieval castle northwest of Mayen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. It is built on rock in the Eifel mountains above the Nette. Bürresheim Castle, Eltz Castle and Lissingen Castle are the only castles in the Eifel region which have never been destroyed.^[1] It was inhabited until 1921 and is now a museum operated by the General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate.^[2]

Film location

Schloss Bürresheim has been frequently used as a film location. The castle's exteriors stood in for "Schloss Brunwald" in Austria in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), where Indiana Jones' father (played by Sean Connery) was being held captive by the Nazis.^[1]

Indiana Jones' Brunwald Castle

In the film, the image of the castle has been flipped and the building was expanded with a Matte painting depicting a copy of the right facade to the left of the main tower.